ORNITHOLOGICAL PHOTOGRAPHS (2006-2017)
When binoculars, microphones and telephoto lenses are insufficient for their research, ornithologists hang up some mist nets. These barely visible nets function as huge spider webs for birds. In ORNITHOLOGICAL PHOTOGRAPHS, Todd Forsgren captured the moment just before scientists took the birds out of the nets to be weighed, measured, tagged and then released again. They are short moments in which the birds look uncomfortable, scared, angry and vulnerable. The netting and the clear background evoke a scientific atmosphere; with which Forsgren raises questions concerning the logistics and ethics of nature photography.
